Is Golovkin really as good as people say?

He's better than Abraham in terms of skills. Hopefully we'll see him against one of the top guys in the division soon.

 

He's amazing till he gets beaten once then he's a hype job. That's how it'll go

 

probably my favourite fighter out there has everything and can really bang.spars with heavyweights and to even comape his skills to abraham hurts me lol.

granted want to see him in better fights but by sounds of things not many want to fight hi which is understandable!

 

He hasn't put a foot wrong so far but hasn't really fought anyone of note.

By the end of the year we'll have a much better idea how good he is though, personally I think he's a future star of the sport, with Martinez retiring he can clean up at MW then move up to SMW.

 

With Abraham he was pushed very hard by Miranda and although he had genuine power he was always there to be out boxed in reality, his poor footwork and lumbering style were always obvious but it just took a decent operator to be able to expose those flaws. His tactics were often to just cover up in the peekaboo stance and absorb punishment before landing his own shots, that was always going to be an issue at world level.

With Golovkin's amateur record and history plus the fact that he is more of a boxer/puncher than a straight up "take 3 to land 1" pure puncher, I think we may have something far less crude and limited.

 

He is the real deal.

GGG has been widely avoided for too long but it looks like he's not too far away from finally getting the fights which will confirm his place amongst the best in the world.

 

I think so, we need to see him in with a better quality of fighter to be sure, but I'm as sold as i can be that he has the goods to win the middleweight lineal title and he a p4p level fighter

 

Like has already been said, he hasthe skills and he certainly has the power, but we have yet to see him really tested at top level (through no fault of his own)

 

Golovkin > Serg

 

He seems to have really good fundamentals and keeps a nice high guard.

Unusually for someone who is that textbook he seems to have awesome power!!!

Exciting to watch. His demolishion of Proksa was impressive.

 

Hard to tell, he needs to at least beat a contender before you can start judging him.

 

he is showing spells of quality but a bit early to place him in that category, i hope he blossoms into a great and elite fighter.

The fight before the Ishioda one was questionable as he looked vulnerable and open but still dominated.

 

Not sure why there isn't this demand to see Martinez vs Golivkin. A genuine 50-50 fight between fan friendly elite fighters in the same division. It's a great style match up.

Sergio Martinez can fight Dzinziruk, Macklin, Barker and Murray in 4/5 of his last/next fights and nobody seems to get pissed of with him.